R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex

In 2024, Latvia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 7.8% compared to 2023, reaching 6,990.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

Latvia ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 18.0% (from 5,924 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.